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Bushwick War Memorial

Bushwick War Memorial from directly overhead

Bushwick War Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Gore, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.4 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
1) THIS MEMORIAL / RECORDS THE / PATRIOTISM / AND DEVOTION / OF THE MEN OF / THE 13TH ASSEMBLY / DISTRICT WHO / SERVED THE / UNITED STATES/ IN THE WORLD / WAR / 1917-1918
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.71484, -73.94237
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • MV Schamonchi: 0.6 mi
  • Historical landmark from 1877: 2.2 mi
  • Zohramp: 2.3 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 2.4 mi
  • Pepsi-Cola Sign: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 3.8 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.0 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 57
  • Laurel Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.6 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Willink Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.6 mi
  • Palisades: 5.6 mi
  • Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.2 mi
  • Palisades: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.0 mi
  • The Loch: 5.6 mi
  • The Falls: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bushwick War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 323°268 m22.2 mi
Beech MountainNW 322°260 m23.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 322°230 m21.9 mi
Mount NeboN 2°208 m23.1 mi
Poacher PeakNW 321°185 m23.6 mi
Moon HillNW 321°180 m23.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°179 m17.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 283°175 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10684276041

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